Project Research Scientist III (Non-Medical) – Project Manager/Coordinator

Manipal; Manipal; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal seeks a Project Research Scientist III (Non-Medical) to coordinate a pioneering Advance Care Planning pathway across Indian hospitals. The role requires managing ethics approvals, SOPs, and cross-site communications within the Department of Palliative Medicine.

The candidate should hold a Master’s with research experience or a PhD in psychology, public health, or sociology, with working Kannada and proficiency in Microsoft 365.

Qualifications

• Master’s with research experience or a PhD in psychology, Public Health, or related fields.
• Working knowledge of Kannada and Microsoft 365 Office Suite.
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative research and familiarity with implementation science.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project initiation, ethics approvals, site agreements, and SOPs.
• Facilitate communication among investigators and stakeholders across sites.
• Support realist review, contextual evaluation, stakeholder consultations, and co-design activities.
• Develop study protocols, data collection tools, and implementation procedures.
• Coordinate recruitment, interviews, focus groups, and other research activities.
• Assist with data management, coding, analysis, and synthesis of findings.
• Monitor timelines, targets, and milestones; maintain documentation and compliance.
• Prepare progress reports, summaries, and presentations for funders.
• Support dissemination activities, including manuscript preparation and workshops.

Skills

Kannada language

Microsoft 365 Office Suite

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

NVivo

ATLAS.ti

Coordination

Education

Master’s with research experience

PhD in psychology or Public Health or Sociology

Tools

NVivo

ATLAS.ti

Job description

Project Research Scientist III (Non-Medical) – Project Manager/Coordinator

| KMC, Manipal

| Health Sciences

Project Title

Development and Implementation of an Advance Care Planning Pathway Using a Human-Centred Co-Design Approach to Support Care Preferences in Indian Hospitals

Work Location

Department of Palliative Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal.

Job Description

• Coordinate project initiation, ethics and administrative approvals, site agreements, and development of standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Facilitate communication and coordination among investigators, collaborating institutions, technical partners, and other stakeholders across the three study sites.
• Support the conduct of the realist review, contextual evaluation, stakeholder consultations, and human-centred co-design activities.
• Assist in developing study protocols, data collection tools, interview guides, training materials, and implementation procedures.
• Coordinate participant recruitment, qualitative interviews, focus group discussions, and other research activities.
• Assist with qualitative data management, coding, analysis, and synthesis of research findings.
• Monitor project timelines, recruitment targets, deliverables, and milestones across participating centres.
• Maintain project documentation, databases, meeting records, and regulatory compliance.
• Prepare periodic progress reports, meeting summaries, presentations, and other documentation required by the funding agency and institution.
• Support dissemination activities, including manuscript preparation, workshops, and stakeholder meetings.
• Master’s with research experience or a PhD degree in psychology, Public Health, Sociology, or related disciplines. Working knowledge of Kannada and Microsoft 365 Office Suite.
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative research, use of NVivo or ATLAS.ti, and familiarity with implementation science frameworks (e.g., CFIR, HCCD).

One year, extendable based on the performance and need of the project